Salonnare vs Reservio - which salon software fits your salon?

Pricing and cost model

Salonnare has a transparent pricing structure: a genuinely free free plan at EUR 0 per month (1 staff member, 50 bookings per month), Starter at EUR 9.99 per month (EUR 99.90 per year) and Pro at EUR 14.99 per month (EUR 149.90 per year). No credit card needed to start on Free and no marketplace commission on your bookings.

Reservio also offers a free plan plus paid subscriptions; the free plan is limited to 40 bookings per 30 days and 100 clients.^[1] The exact rates and limits may, according to their pricing page, vary by market and currency, so always check the current Reservio prices for your country. What is fixed with Salonnare: you pay no marketplace commission on your treatments - only Salonnare's own platform fee of 0.5% (min. EUR 0.30) per payment - and your own pricing stays clear. No marketplace commission means your revenue largely stays yours.

Built for the Netherlands and Belgium

This is the biggest difference. Salonnare runs on EU servers in Germany, is fully GDPR-compliant and speaks Dutch. Payments go through your own Stripe or Mollie account, so you offer iDEAL natively (via both Stripe Connect and Mollie), alongside Bancontact, SumUp and card. On top of that, Salonnare charges its own platform fee of 0.5% (min. EUR 0.30) per transaction, alongside the standard provider fees.

The point of sale (POS) calculates the correct Dutch VAT (21% and 9%, set per treatment and product) and offers an accounting export for your bookkeeper. That saves you and your accountant a lot of manual work at filing time. Reservio is international and multilingual, but these specific Dutch tax and payment features are not the core of the product. For a NL/BE salon this is exactly what matters day to day.

Features and ease of use

Salonnare combines online booking with a complete salon ERP. You get an embeddable booking widget for your own website plus a dedicated booking page with your logo and branding. Clients choose one or more treatments, see time slots per staff member and book in a few clicks.

You also get client records, inventory management, email marketing and campaigns, recurring memberships (SEPA/iDEAL), gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and deposits, forms and intake, a GDPR Art.9 health-data vault and GDPR export - all at no extra cost. The modern UX makes onboarding fast: an intern is productive within an hour. Reservio covers booking, clients and POS for beauty, barber and spa, but Salonnare's Dutch all-in-one depth goes further. On top of that you keep 100% of your own branding, and your data stays yours, kept separate per salon: no marketplace pushing competitors to your clients.

Switching to Salonnare

Switching does not have to be a hurdle. Salonnare offers a CSV import so you migrate your existing client base in one go. Start on the free plan to try everything, set up your treatments and staff, then activate your own booking page.

Your own data always goes with you if you leave. We recommend switching during a quiet week and first testing your features and booking settings before you go live.

Conclusion: why Salonnare wins

Fair is fair: Reservio has existed longer and serves a much broader international audience across many countries and languages. If your salon is entirely outside the Benelux or you run an international chain, then Reservio's broader language and country coverage is worth considering.

But for the Dutch and Belgian salon, Salonnare wins - and that is backed up, not just asserted. You offer iDEAL and Bancontact natively through your own Stripe or Mollie account (with Salonnare's platform fee of 0.5%, min. EUR 0.30 per transaction), the POS calculates the correct VAT (21%/9%) and offers an accounting export for your bookkeeper, and you get Dutch-language support and EU servers with GDPR safeguards. On top of that comes a genuinely free plan, low flat rates (Starter EUR 9.99, Pro EUR 14.99) and no marketplace commission, plus a complete all-in-one (online booking, POS, inventory, marketing automation, memberships, gift cards, loyalty, no-show fees and forms) at no extra cost. You keep 100% of your own branding and data, with no marketplace steering your clients to competitors. For a NL/BE salon, that is the better choice.

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